Volunteers began cleaning up the former protective embankment near Veselovka.

The Dolphins Headquarters has begun clearing bags intended to contain fuel oil emissions near the village of Veselovka and Solenoye Lake in the Temryuk District. However, the bags have sunk into the sand and are no longer performing their intended function. Volunteers have called for help with the work and with cleaning up trash along the lake shore.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on January 6, the Kuban operational headquarters reported its participation in the cleanup of the nets, noting that no new fuel oil emissions had been recorded. On January 8, volunteers from the Dolphins Headquarters reported a large amount of discarded trash, as well as old and new fuel oil emissions, in the Tuzla area. In one day, two volunteers managed to collect 635 bags of fuel oil near Cape Tuzla and remove them from the shore. The work could have been even more effective if the volunteers had additional equipment for their all-terrain vehicle, the "Dolphins" volunteer headquarters reported on January 14.

A video message from the activist group was published today by the "Dolphins" volunteer headquarters on their Telegram channel. By 7:00 PM Moscow time, the post had garnered over 300 views.

According to a volunteer, the recording was made near the village of Veselovka, not far from Salt Lake. The headquarters members are digging out sandbags along the shore. "Yes, these bags were once placed as an artificial barrier to prevent water from penetrating too deeply and, therefore, to contain the fuel oil emissions. However, this barrier is no longer relevant, especially since they've been washed away. We'll be removing them, opening the bags, emptying out the sand, and disposing of them accordingly," says a volunteer in the video.

The volunteer emphasizes that they are in a protected area, on the shore of Solenoye Lake, a therapeutic mud lake. The entire shore is littered with trash that appeared after the water receded.

Dolphin Headquarters volunteers asked people and organizations to join the cleanup and protection of Lake Solenoye and the Black Sea coast. "A small group of volunteers physically can't handle such volumes," the headquarters wrote in a message.

As a reminder, on December 15, 2024, two tankers carrying fuel oil sank in the Kerch Strait. As a result, a crew member of one of the tankers died. Furthermore, an oil spill occurred, leading to catastrophic environmental consequences, according to the Caucasian Knot report "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".

Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spill have been compiled by the Caucasian Knot on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban".